Languages: Education
Commons · Question 74627 · Tabled 3 Sep 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 12 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to increase the number of pupils learning languages in school.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 12 Sep 2025
Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The study of languages is compulsory under the national curriculum at key stages 2 and 3 for all maintained schools, and will become compulsory in academies, subjec...